Marines guard crewmen of German submarine U-858 aboard rescue tug ATR-57.

Under guard

Commander Noorfleet accepts formal surrender of U-858 from her Commanding Officer,  Kapitänleutnant Thilo Bode (center). Lieutenant Robert H. Braun interprets.
German submarine U-858 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She had one commander for her patrols, Kapitänleutnant Thilo Bode 
The U-858 saw no combat, and did not sink or damage any allied ships during the war. Her Captain surrendered her on 14 May 1945 at Fort Miles, Lewes, Delaware. She was the first German warship to surrender to US forces.

Formal surrender

Salvage work continuing on the sunken battleship USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 25 February 1942. Note Arizona’s two after main turrets being pumped out and disassembled.
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